Welcome to my books page! You will see my most recently published book series first. Looking for The Light Series? Keep scrolling 🙂 All of my print books can be purchased on my Website, from Amazon or your favorite bookstore, or your local library! My ebooks are only available at Amazon.
Azalea Rose is no different from all the other gestates. Even though she’s been gifted a name by Mr. Northup, she’s still only a slave. She exists for one reason—to serve. How could she be worthy of anything more? After all, she isn’t even a person. People are born from women; she’s merely a human gestated by a machine, genetically altered not to be able to love or even think for herself. Though she looks like a vintage born, the purest form of a person, she’s lower than an animal.
The truth of her life doesn’t bother her. Why should it; it’s what she was created for. Besides, there’s no escape—the gestation firms made sure of that. Every action is seen, every word is heard, and every heartbeat tracked. If she serves those she is assigned to serve, she will not be punished.
She isn’t assigned to Mr. Northup. He lives next door in an outdated house built of wood, where he is allowed to grow wasteful roses. Nothing about him makes sense. He’s old, already many years into the age of uselessness, and yet he hasn’t been dissolved. Everyone knows the useless are dissolved and the gestates serve. Everyone in her world, at least. But Kolbe isn’t from her world. Kolbe isn’t like anyone she’s ever met …
Altered is the first book in a new dystopian series by best-selling author Jacqueline Brown. It’s available in e-book and paperback through Amazon. It is also available in bookstores and libraries – just ask them to get it for you!
From the outside, seventeen-year-old Siena has the perfect life. She and her two younger sisters are adored by their wealthy father and grandmother. They are removed from the world, living in a modern-day castle in the middle of their grand family estate on the majestic shores of Maine. There is nothing to fear—Siena’s father has made sure of that. Unfortunately, he has forgotten that the greatest threats can come from within.
On the edge of their idyllic property is a dilapidated inn built long ago. Thomas, the boy Siena grew up with, is drawn to the weathered building next to the sea. He is the opposite of Luca, the troubled young man who just moved to the expansive property. While Thomas tries to draw Siena closer to the inn, Luca warns her to stay away.
The inn holds far more mysteries than Siena’s family is willing to tell … but ignorance provides no protection.
Awakening is the first in a new series by best-selling author Jacqueline Brown. She again invites readers into a world of intriguing characters and vivid scenes which prompt readers to suspend belief in the limits of physical reality and subtly question—Is there something more?
Awakening is available in e-book, audiobook, and paperback through Amazon. It is also available in bookstores and libraries – just ask them to get it for you! You can find the audiobook on your favorite audiobook platform. Here is the link to my shop page, where you can order signed copies of any of my books!!
Siena has spent most of her life unaware of the world beyond what we can all see and touch. That changes when she’s forced to accept the world as it really is …
The world Luca knows to be true is no longer something Siena can deny, after her own so-called gifts reveal the unseen darkness that has been oppressing her family for generations. Her gifts confuse her, but she doesn’t fear them. Her new abilities terrify Luca—he understands them too well.
Will Siena’s gifts destroy her, as Luca fears? Is he strong enough to stay by her side, or are the memories of the past too much, even for him? In the second book of the Awakening Series, past darkness is discovered, present chains are released, future beauty glimpsed.
Gifted is available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook through Amazon. Or you can order signed copies directly from me on my shop page. The audiobook is also available on all of your favorite audiobook platforms! Libraries and bookstores can also get you any of my books just ask them!!
A blinding flash … then darkness. Bria Ford and her three closest friends are stranded on a country highway in the middle of a November night.
No phones. No car. No lights.
Helpless and hundreds of miles from home, Bria and her friends put their lives in the hands of the handsome Jonah Page and his flinty sister, East, strangers who somehow know Bria better than she knows herself. As the group bonds to adapt to a new, yet old, way of life, the secrets of Bria’s past offer them the hope they need to survive the extremes of Mother Nature, and the even more frightening extremes of human nature.
Quietly suspenseful, The Light explores how the stories we tell ourselves shape the person we present to the world, and what happens to that person when the world falls away.
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Before the light, the truth could be slippery.
You could work around it, dodge it, run away from it. But in Bria Ford’s new life, the truth is always knocking … about the past, the fate of friends and family, the realities of love, and the changed world.
For Bria there’s no escaping the truth—no matter how much she may want to.
In this unflinching sequel to Jacqueline Brown’s The Light, Bria and her friends stride into the heart of the post-disaster world and face test after test of their character and convictions. Bria must choose her path in this wounded world.
Freedom or comfort? Give up or run? Who has she become since the world fell away?
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Meet “the corner girl,” one of the most beloved characters of The Light Series, before she retreats into a world of muted silence. Feel her love, hear her gift – before it all falls away.
If you’re already a fan of The Light Series, you will enjoy learning more about the character that won your heart without a word. Both fans and new readers of the series will find themselves engrossed in a crumbling world, and a family fighting to save it and each other. Read for Free!
Can cruelty be disguised as courage? Does safety lie in savagery? What happens when the hopes of our hearts are forced to face the truth of our actions?
In book three of The Light series, Bria and those she loves have escaped the dangers of DC and discovered a town where compassion survives and love blooms.
When their comfort comes to an end, each member of the group must decide their path. Some will stay behind. Some will journey on. But all will learn that even the most hoped for moments can be filled with unimaginable sorrow.
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Safety, happiness, forgiveness, and love finally surround Bria as family bonds strengthen and friendships deepen. The love that was once only a dream becomes a reality and it’s better than she ever imagined. Hers is a fairy tale come true, until the absence of those they left behind threatens the peace she desperately longs to maintain.
East’s life is nothing like Bria’s and, for better or worse, never has been. Hers is a nightmare of deceit and death. Trust is questioned as alliances are made. The truth she has been seeking is found but at a cost she never meant to pay. Through it all, hope remains as the love of a father offers her a path out of the darkness.
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The honeymoon is over… Real life must begin and it is here, in Bria and Jonah’s married life, that Bria discovers the strength her friends always knew she had. Along with some of their friends, Bria and Jonah leave their home and family in North Carolina, and travel toward DC in hopes of finding East and bringing her home. Meanwhile, East longs for home, peace, and safety as she perseveres in her mission to save the country. Haz remains by her side and his devotion challenges her to acknowledge the wounds of the past and the fears of the present. In this truth, healing for both of them begins.
A nation is saved. Friends are lost. Futures are discovered. All questions are answered in this climactic ending to The Light Series.
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Launched in June of 2020, my first-ever children’s book and an accompanying coloring book! Extraordinary is a charming picture book about God’s extraordinary love for each of us. It also touches upon the first three sacraments in the Catholic faith. When my 9-year-old saw the sketches for the story, he asked if he could help color in the pictures. Great idea! The coloring book tells the same beautiful story, with the same fun illustrations, and your child gets to be the illustrator! If you would like a free e-book version click here. Both books can be purchased on my website, on Amazon, or at your favorite bookstore! If you would like to learn more about my fabulous illustrator Katie Ennis, please click here.